837 Search Results Containing "voting"
Texas voting mostly smooth, but runoffs show we're not quite ready for November
Found in: Common Cause Texas
BREAKING: Minority Voters and Voting Rights Advocates Sue Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin Over Refusal to Send Mail-In Ballot Applications
Found in: Common Cause Massachusetts
Santa Fe New Mexican: Native Americans faced difficulties voting in primary
Heather Ferguson, executive director of Common Cause New Mexico, said the problems seen in the primary are reflective of a long history of racism. “Democracy has been failing in Indigenous communities for such a long time, and this is yet another example of how they have been disenfranchised and because of how all of these other systems are not in place, it continues to cause trauma and harm to these communities,” she said.
Found in: Common Cause
Voting rights groups file amicus letter supporting governor’s vote-by-mail order
Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director at California Common Cause: “Given that the state legislature has passed a law codifying the governor’s executive order and the lawsuits are now obviously moot, plaintiffs are only continuing them to interfere with California’s elections and to sow confusion among our voters. These lawsuits were based on the flimsiest of claims to begin with. Now they have no basis at all.”
Found in: California Common Cause
Voting Rights Groups File Amicus Letter Supporting Gov. Newsom's Vote-by-Mail Order
Found in: California Common Cause
Bill Summary: AN ACT RELATIVE TO VOTING OPTIONS IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19
Found in: Common Cause Massachusetts
Associated Press: Lawsuit challenges Indiana limits on voting time extensions
“Indiana is the only state that has tied the voters’ hands in this way,” Julia Vaughn, policy director of Common Cause Indiana, said in a statement. “Our aim is to disrupt what could become a dangerous trend across the country.”
Found in: Common Cause
Suit Challenges Indiana’s New Law Blocking Voters from Asking the Courts to Extend Voting Hours
Today, Common Cause Indiana filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state law that strips voters of their right to petition state courts to extend polling-place hours. Common Cause Indiana v. Lawson was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Common Cause Indiana is being represented in the case by Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, the law firm of Eimer Stahl LLP and the national Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.